In the lead-up to the province's June 7 election, both the Ontario Liberals and NDP criticized the Progressive Conservative Party for releasing an uncosted platform just a week before the election and after advance polls had already been open for more than two weeks.

But journalist Jen Gerson says platforms aren't all they're cracked up to be.

In 2014, Disney shuttered the Star Wars expanded universe, an often messy patchwork of books, comics, shows and games that built on the first six movies. Three decades of stories were ruled out-of-continuity with the new properties Disney was creating.

Now, Solo: A Star Wars Story, which hits theatres Friday, May 25, tells the origin story of smuggler/scoundrel Han Solo. And it might be bringing some expanded universe story elements back.